Synthetic Dreams

Category: Sci-Fi

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.

He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.

A knock at the door changed everything.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

The end.

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